Protection device for hair driers



Dec. 14, 1948.

J. E. GARING PROTECTION DEVICE FOR HAIR DRIERS Filed Jan. 21, 1946 Patented Dec. 14, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PROTECTION DEVICE FOR HAIR omens p Jane da ing, Atlanta, Ga. Application January 21, 1946, Serial No. 642,497-

4 Claims. (o1. 34- 90) E This invention relates to a protection device for hair driers, and particularly to a device of this character which may be applied to driers now in use, wherebythe heated air may be practically confined to the zone'of efficient use, thus providing greater comfort for the person being operated upon.

As is well known, hair driers of commercial types as used in so-called beauty'parlorsf generally comprise some sort of casing, usually domeshaped, which is positioned over the head of the subject in a manner to direct heated air into contact with the hair which is gathered upon the top of the head within the confines of the casing. The extent to which the casing is lowered over the head may be controlled by the operator, and the zone subjected to the action of the heated air thus controlled to some extent.

Obviously, the relatively high temperature of the air supplied by the drier, and the necessarily somewhat extended drying time, depending upon the type and quantity of the hair of the subject, result in considerable discomfort, especially when the heated air is directed against the face of the subject and against parts of the head not protected to some extent by the hair.

Also the ears of the subject are confined Within the drier and, for protection, are stopped with cotton, thus making conversation impractical and adding to the subjects discomfort.

Moreover, in accordance with present practice the operator must partially remove the drier from time to time in order to ascertain, by feel, the extent of dryness attained.

The protection device of the present invention is designed to remove from the drying operation these disadvantages and discomforts, and to facilitate the operation for both the subject and the operator.

It protects the face, neck and ears from the heat of the drier, guards the face against discomfort from flying hair, and eliminates the need for use of towels about the neck and shoulders, with their attendant heat and discomfort.

Due to its form and mode of application to the drier and to the head of the subject, it will fit various drier and head sizes and may be applied and removed quickly and easily, and it may also be collapsed or folded to such small size as to adapt it to be carried in a purse or hand-bag, thus making it an article for personal use by the owner especially when travelling, all as will be explained hereinafter more fully and finally claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of 2 which like parts are similarly designated,

Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are, respectively, a front view, a side view, and a back view of the device of the invention as applied in use, and

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are, respectively, a front view, a back view, and-a side view, in perspective upon a larger scale, of the device itself.

The protection device of the invention may be formed of two similarly shaped strips of material I, preferably fire-resistant or fire-proof and transparent and colored to protect from heat rays, the same being provided at their top and bottom edges with hems 2 and 3 gathered upon draw strings or resilient or elastic bands 4 and 5, respectively, which serve to accommodate the device to various drier and head sizes. The band 4 at the top edge may be, and preferably is, continuous, but the bottom band 5 extends around the back and sides of the device and is parted at the front where the strips l are separably closed by a zipper 6 or other appropriate separable fastening means to facilitate application to and removal from the subjects head, an inner fly fiap 1 serving to protect the head from the fastening means. At the rear, the adjacent edges 8 of the strips I are downwardly divergent to provide an opening through which the operator may feel the hair to determine the progress of drying, and at the lower extremity of this opening the band 5 carries a skirt or protection flap 9 adapted to overlie and protect the back of the subjects neck.

It will be noted that the circumference of the upper edge of the device is greater than that of its lower edge in order to accommodate it to the normal dimensions of a drier and the girth of the head of a subject and, as shown particularly in Fig. 6, the lower edges of the strips l are provided with inset portions H3 which permit them to pass above the ears of the subject thus leaving the ears outside of the device and protecting them from the heat, and to some extent from the noise, of the drier and contributing to the comfort of the subject, at the same time making the stopping of the ears unnecessary.

The strips I may be provided with perforations it for the escape of the heated air in a zone away from the face of the subject.

There is thus provided a protection device having a strip-like body which, when in use, is of substantially annular, tubular form, the upper and lower edges of which will closely embrace a drier and the head of the subject to confine the useful heat to the zone of the hair to be dried,

body having end portions meeting at the bac'k of the subjects head and provided at its upper and lower edges with means for securing it in embracing relation respectively with a drier arid the head of said subject, the end portions'of said body which embrace the back of the subjects 4 their front ends being joined in an openable closure, the top and bottom edges of said strips being provided with adjustable means to cause said edges to embrace a drier and the girth of a subjects head, respectively, and a protection strip secured adjacent to said divergent edges in the region of said opening and adapted to overlie the back of the subjects neck.

3. A protection device for hair driers as claimed in claim 1, in which a depending skirtlis connected to' said body in the region of said opening for covering the back of the subjects neck.

4. A protection device for hair driers as claimed in claim 3, in which the edges of said end portions diverge downwardly from the upper to the lower "body edge securing means, and the said skirt is head below the drier being formed with their edges relatively divergent from one of said securing means, to provide an opening normally exposing the back of t-he -subiects head through which, opening the condition of dryness of the hair may be examined.-

2. A protection device for hair driers, compris ing a substantially tubular body portion formed of two similar strips of material the ends of which are joined at their upper edges in substan tially annular continuity, their end edges at the back of the device being relatively divergent downwardly from their upper edges and thus spaced apart at their lower edges at the back of the device to provide an inspection opening, and

Number Name Date 1,504,149 Rufiio Aug. 5, 1924- 2,o74,270 Perkins Mar.- 16, 1937 2,205,972 Davis June 25, 1940 2,261,248 Graham 1 1 Nov. 4, 1941 2,266,653 Miller Dec. 16, 1941 2,290,455 Stephen July 21, 1942 2,326,981

Stenberg u. -1.- Aug. 17, 1943 

